Alexandra Pauly

(Beauty Editor / New York)

Alexandra Pauly is a writer and editor with over four years of experience telling stories about beauty, style, and youth culture. She was appointed Beauty Editor after launching Highsnobiety's beauty vertical, its very first foray into the category, in 2022.

Digging into beauty and its intersection with culture, identity, and politics, her reporting challenges readers to think critically about the industry and their own relationship to it. A longtime fragrance enthusiast, she is also passionate about writing about scent. In 2023, she spearheaded Highsnobiety's State of Fragrance, a whitepaper on consumers' relationship to perfume and their buying habits.

Outside of work, you can find her scouring Chinatown for the best egg tart, contemplating the next addition to her collection of 50-plus perfumes, and taking way too many photos of her dog.

Articles

  • Mugler's Triumphant Return to the Runway Starred Arca & Ziwe

  • Timothée Chalamet Fever Hits Haider Ackermann x Jean Paul Gaultier Couture

  • Apple Martin, Nepo Baby, Passes the Internet's Vibe Check

  • Holy Hell! Doja Cat's 'Inferno'-Inspired Makeup Is Fabulously Frightening

  • Even SKIMS Can't Resist 'The White Lotus' Effect

  • Colm Dillane Showed Us His Favorite Pieces From Louis Vuitton by KidSuper

  • People Are Getting Foot Botox To Deal With the Return of High Heels

  • Forget "Cold Girl Makeup" — Byredo's New Beauty Collection Feels Like Falling in Love

  • The Front Row at Saint Laurent Was Almost as Good as the Show

  • Saint Laurent Settles the Middle vs. Side Part Debate Once & For All

  • André Leon Talley's Birkins, Capes, & Collectibles Are Going to Auction